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May 16th, 2008

Brazil: The prohibited march that keeps marching

Jose Murilo Junior · 00:49

lingua → pt

This year's edition of the Marijuana March was prohibited by courts in 9 capital cities across the country due to allegations of illegal promotion of drug use. The theme provoked responses by many local bloggers, and the reactions to the prohibition keep echoing around the Brazilian web. 0 comments · »»

May 11th, 2008

Musical instruments from around the world

Juliana Rincón Parra · 03:56

lingua → mk · sq · pt

Videos with interesting instruments from different corners of the world, including some made from recycled cans and plastic sodabottles, a record of how didgeridoos are made, and a Russian folk song on a hurdy gurdy. 1 comment · »»

May 8th, 2008

Brazil and Orkut: made for each other?

Daniel Duende · 16:14

Orkut, Google's experiment on Social Networking Services, is extremely popular in Brazil. More than 53% of Orkut users is Brazilian -- even more, if you take into account the Brazilian's profiles that don't show their country information and the profiles of Brazilians living abroad -- and more than 70% percent of Brazil's Internet users are actually profiled and active in the network. Daniel Duende takes a look on what are all these Brazilians doing there. 0 comments · »»

April 26th, 2008

PangeaDay: Videos to change the world on May 10th

Juliana Rincón Parra · 13:26

lingua → de · mk · pt · sq · bn · jp · es

On May 10th 2008 at 18:00 GMT, 24 films will be broadcast during a 4 hour event. What makes this different is that this event, PangeaDay will be broadcast from six locations worldwide in seven different languages worldwide to be viewed through internet, television or cellphones with one unique purpose: to make each other know about the lives of others and focus on what makes us similar, instead of what makes us different and let us work together towards peace. 6 comments · »»

April 25th, 2008

Lusosphera: Remembering the Carnation Revolution

Paula Góes · 22:03

lingua → pt · es

On April 25 1974, 34 years today, Portugal's 40-year fascist dictatorship, the longest in the history of Western Europe, came to an end with the Carnation Revolution, which also brought independence for the remaining colonies in Africa and Asia. Today Portuguese speaking bloggers from all over the world comment and celebrate. 1 comment · »»

Lost Brazilian ballooning priest carried into the blogosphere

Jose Murilo Junior · 21:18

lingua → pt

This time the story is rather sad, but the blogosphere is exploding with humorous takes on the tragedy of a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest who is missing after drifting out to sea while trying to set a record for a flight using helium-filled party balloons. 8 comments · »»

April 24th, 2008

Brazil: Making a child murder into a media show

Daniel Duende · 05:56

lingua → pt · mg

A child dies under mysterious circumstances. Her father and stepmother are the prime suspects chosen by the media and general public since the beginning, but the official investigations are still under way. Is it fair to lead 160 million people to believe someone is guilty of killing his own daughter before the final official pronunciation on the matter? What is around, and behind, the full time reality-show coverage made by the Brazilian media in cases like this? The Brazilian blogosphere talks. 4 comments · »»

April 21st, 2008

New Oil in Brazil Unleashes a Gusher of Media Controversies

Jose Murilo Junior · 12:35

lingua → pt

Twisted information about the discovery of what may possibly be the third largest oil field in the world turned into a hot issue on the Brazilian blogosphere this week. The trigger was a comment from the head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency [ANP], Haroldo Lima, mentioning that the recently found Carioca [or Sugar Loaf] field in Brazil’s offshore Santos Basin could potentially contain reserves of up to 33 billion barrels of oil and gas. 3 comments · »»

Links

May 16th, 2008

Arco-Íris de Amor [Love Raimbow], the first LGBT samba school, will parade Rio de Janeiro Carnival next year, according to Thiago Velloso [pt].

May 11th, 2008

Ricardo Jordão Magalhaes [pt] has a long and wonderful roundup of PangeaDay's the best moments. “Man, if you read my post all the way through, do your bit, band together, help people, help to put an end to the world's poverty, the indifference of those mediocre ones who live in this micro planet that floats on this immense universe.” For those who missed this unique event, all films are now available at the official website.

May 9th, 2008

Guilherme Felitti [pt] has some good tips for those who wish to take part of the Reporter Blogger [pt] experiment or want to experiment with Citizen Media. “Remember that, be you a journalist or a blogger, you are committed to telling your readers a story as close to as possible to reality”.

May 8th, 2008

Mario Amaya [pt] talks about how the mainstream media has adapted itself to the Internet, transition from paper to digital, advantages of blogging, and the Brazilian blogosphere in preparation for his piece for Palavra na Tela 2008 (Word on the Screen) [pt], a special chat about Blogs and Journalism hosted by the Digestivo Cultural site.

Lucia Freitas [pt] is organizing a BlogCamp for Brazilian women bloggers. “Our idea is to bring together what I feel to be a 'silent majority' on the blogosphere, a while before BlogCamp Brazil”, she explains in another blog. Right now there is a poll to choose a name for the event, which may happen in August. Among the suggestions are SheCamp and LaFemmeCamp.

May 6th, 2008

Renata Solano [pt] welcomes the news that the blogging platform Wordpress has made a change on its Terms and Conditions in order to avoid a blanket ban in Brazil. The new line added in the 2nd section covers the court decision by banning blog clones: By making Content available, you represent and warrant that […] your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company.

May 1st, 2008

Thales Barreto [pt] reminds readers that 14 years ago today Ayrton Senna, a Brazilian racing driver and triple Formula One world champion, was dying in a fatal accident in at Imola. “Character, dedication, solidarity, energy, pride. I easily associate Senna's image with some of these words. He had a head of state like funeral. Our last Big Man was buried. The brightness of Senna's sad eyes is eternal. I wish the new generations will never forget the myth. Brazil is poor and petty.”

April 30th, 2008

Recife is the first city in Brazil and in the world to have a homicide counter installed on the streets. Since January 1st only, there have been 1,511 deaths in the city, 11 of them today. “Now, the public can monitor our blog's data not only on the Internet but also on the streets. Like the site, the outside meter will be updated once a day and give records of daily, monthly and yearly homicides rates”, says PEBodyCount [pt].